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THE MAROON ESTABLISHED 1923 V0L.73 NO. 23 Loyola University New Orleans FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1995 Terrorism in Oklahoma City raises questions By JENNIFER JOHNSON Editor in Chief Huy Vu was walking to his dorm on Wednesday afternoon when his girlfriend came running up to him to tell him that the federal building in his hometown of Oklahoma City had been blown up. She said that his sister, Maihan, couldn't reach their parents in Oklahoma City. Because of busy phone lines, it took Vu, international business freshman, over 30 minutes, "an eternity," to reach his parents and confirm that they were safe. "It was weird. It wasn't even shock — I had no reaction — it was beyond shock," he said. Steve Hakel, a native from Oklahoma City, knew nothing about the explosion until a friend of his called him and told him to turn on the news. Hakel, music freshman, said he turned on his television and was shocked by what he saw on the screen. "I've driven by that building and then I see it on TV — it looked like it should be in some Third World country ... after a war," he said. "I was pretty freaked out all day." Alexis Fulmer, a communications sophomore from Oklahoma City, said that her family and friends from home have been overwhelmed trying to understand how someone would try to kill so many people. "It's awful," she said. "We've had property damage, we've had acquaintances killed in the accident, and the court-appointed lawyer for one of the [alleged] bombers is a friend of the family." With the death toll nearing one hundred at press time, and with countless people unaccounted for, the entire nation is turning its attention to the problem of terrorism. President Clinton is seeking to broaden the power of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to monitor the activity of persons suspected of being members of paramilitary groups. Vu said that he has been reading about the proposals by Clinton to strengthen the power of the FBI in attempts to catch terrorist acts before they happen, and said that he agrees with the president's actions and hopes that the legislation passes through Congress. "I think it's a good step," Vu said, "but I think it's tragic that Students fight to retain professor through petition By ELIZABETH KEENAN Editorial Editor Rescue 911 Rescue workers lower Steve Williams to the ground from the second level of Temple Sinai's roof Wednesday afternoon (above). Williams was injured when the scaffolding he was working on collapsed. A New Orleans paramedic raises a stretcher board to place Williams on (left). Williams was taken to the emergency room of Charity Hospital. The hospital would not release the status of Williams' condition. By PETER REICHARD When biology students heard that one of their teachers, Victor Fet, might not return to Loyola next year, they decided to voice their concerns and show support for him. So they started a petition. "We didn't want to lose a good professor. He's not only a professor who's concerned inside the classroom, but outside as well," said Aravinda Rao, biology senior. Rao, Robert Vezzetti, biology senior, Quang Vu, biology senior, and Peter Cuartas, biology junior, began circulating the petition the week before spring break. According to Rao, the petition contains the signatures of over 160 biology students. "It's a petition asking that the search committee re-evaluate its decision not to keep Dr. Fet here. In essence, it would like to ultimately keep Dr. Fet here," Vezzetti said. The student would not discuss circumstances surrounding the petition. "All we know is that a professor we love is not coming back next year, and that's all we're prepared to say," Rao said. "Many other students also want him." The petition reads: "We, the students of Loyola University Biology Department, respectfully submit this petition and request that Dr. Victor Fet, Assistant Professor of Biology (Extraordinary Faculty) be granted an extension of his current contract, with the possibility of the upgrade of the contract at a future date." Victor Fet refused to comment. On April 21, Rao and Cuartas gave copies of the petition to Craig Hood, chairman of the biology department, David Danahar, vice president of Academic Affairs, and Robert Rowland, dean of Arts and Sciences. Rao said that none of the biology students involved in the planning of the petition have received a reply. "It's very early. I'm sure we'll hear something," she said. According to Vu, the students have not developed any more plans to show their support for Fet. "We haven't gotten any more information than what we turned in. We're going to wait for a reply," he said. Hood said that he received a copy of the petition the afternoon of Friday, April 21. Also, Hood said that he received Law School gets low rating in nation-wide evaluation By CHRIS BONURA News Editor U.S. News and World Report ranked Loyola Law School in the lowest quintile in an evaluation, published March 20, that examined the nation's 177 accredited law schools. The school's reputation was ranked 110 by academics (four deans or faculty members per school) and 103 by a group of 2,000 lawyers, hiring partners and senior judges. Interim Law Dean Marcel Garsaud dismissed the low ranking by contesting the methodology that U.S. News and World Report used to rank the law schools, but he admited that the ranking could become "a self-fulfilling prophecy in some sense," because many prospective law school students take such evaluations seriously. "Law schools are faced with a dilemma with that kind of a survey. They are really not valid because they don't have anything to do with the quality of the law school; they are strictly based on objective numbers. But at the same time, people pay a lot of attention to them. So you have to take them seriously from that perspective." According to Garsaud, the school's reputation is lauded by those who know it best: the local community. "All of the major law firms and employers of lawyers are eager to recruit our students. So, we know otherswho know us better judge our quality and our qualifications," Garsaud said that the survey didn't take into account many of the school's strong points. "There is no recognition that we have a complete civil law program and a complete common law program.... There is nothing in the survey relative to the law school's commitment to social justice through its clinic and its Gillis Long Poverty Law Center, its poverty law journal." Garsaud also criticized the evaluation because it didn't take the bar exam into account. He called the bar "the only real outcome assessment tool we have in law school." Garsaud said that in the most recent bar exam results only one other Louisiana school did better than Loyola See FET, Pg. 4 See LAW, Pg. 5 See OKLAHOMA, Pg. 5 | jj Il| Image Vs. Reality ■if fl Gloria Steinem speaks on the way women are perceived in society. fNDJHMIfir The Sandlot Riverview field renovation will revamp [|7T Loyola athletics. fLife in Desjre Three generations call a Jy J local housing project

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THE MAROON ESTABLISHED 1923 V0L.73 NO. 23 Loyola University New Orleans FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1995 Terrorism in Oklahoma City raises questions By JENNIFER JOHNSON Editor in Chief Huy Vu was walking to his dorm on Wednesday afternoon when his girlfriend came running up to him to tell him that the federal building in his hometown of Oklahoma City had been blown up. She said that his sister, Maihan, couldn't reach their parents in Oklahoma City. Because of busy phone lines, it took Vu, international business freshman, over 30 minutes, "an eternity," to reach his parents and confirm that they were safe. "It was weird. It wasn't even shock — I had no reaction — it was beyond shock," he said. Steve Hakel, a native from Oklahoma City, knew nothing about the explosion until a friend of his called him and told him to turn on the news. Hakel, music freshman, said he turned on his television and was shocked by what he saw on the screen. "I've driven by that building and then I see it on TV — it looked like it should be in some Third World country ... after a war," he said. "I was pretty freaked out all day." Alexis Fulmer, a communications sophomore from Oklahoma City, said that her family and friends from home have been overwhelmed trying to understand how someone would try to kill so many people. "It's awful," she said. "We've had property damage, we've had acquaintances killed in the accident, and the court-appointed lawyer for one of the [alleged] bombers is a friend of the family." With the death toll nearing one hundred at press time, and with countless people unaccounted for, the entire nation is turning its attention to the problem of terrorism. President Clinton is seeking to broaden the power of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to monitor the activity of persons suspected of being members of paramilitary groups. Vu said that he has been reading about the proposals by Clinton to strengthen the power of the FBI in attempts to catch terrorist acts before they happen, and said that he agrees with the president's actions and hopes that the legislation passes through Congress. "I think it's a good step," Vu said, "but I think it's tragic that Students fight to retain professor through petition By ELIZABETH KEENAN Editorial Editor Rescue 911 Rescue workers lower Steve Williams to the ground from the second level of Temple Sinai's roof Wednesday afternoon (above). Williams was injured when the scaffolding he was working on collapsed. A New Orleans paramedic raises a stretcher board to place Williams on (left). Williams was taken to the emergency room of Charity Hospital. The hospital would not release the status of Williams' condition. By PETER REICHARD When biology students heard that one of their teachers, Victor Fet, might not return to Loyola next year, they decided to voice their concerns and show support for him. So they started a petition. "We didn't want to lose a good professor. He's not only a professor who's concerned inside the classroom, but outside as well," said Aravinda Rao, biology senior. Rao, Robert Vezzetti, biology senior, Quang Vu, biology senior, and Peter Cuartas, biology junior, began circulating the petition the week before spring break. According to Rao, the petition contains the signatures of over 160 biology students. "It's a petition asking that the search committee re-evaluate its decision not to keep Dr. Fet here. In essence, it would like to ultimately keep Dr. Fet here," Vezzetti said. The student would not discuss circumstances surrounding the petition. "All we know is that a professor we love is not coming back next year, and that's all we're prepared to say," Rao said. "Many other students also want him." The petition reads: "We, the students of Loyola University Biology Department, respectfully submit this petition and request that Dr. Victor Fet, Assistant Professor of Biology (Extraordinary Faculty) be granted an extension of his current contract, with the possibility of the upgrade of the contract at a future date." Victor Fet refused to comment. On April 21, Rao and Cuartas gave copies of the petition to Craig Hood, chairman of the biology department, David Danahar, vice president of Academic Affairs, and Robert Rowland, dean of Arts and Sciences. Rao said that none of the biology students involved in the planning of the petition have received a reply. "It's very early. I'm sure we'll hear something," she said. According to Vu, the students have not developed any more plans to show their support for Fet. "We haven't gotten any more information than what we turned in. We're going to wait for a reply," he said. Hood said that he received a copy of the petition the afternoon of Friday, April 21. Also, Hood said that he received Law School gets low rating in nation-wide evaluation By CHRIS BONURA News Editor U.S. News and World Report ranked Loyola Law School in the lowest quintile in an evaluation, published March 20, that examined the nation's 177 accredited law schools. The school's reputation was ranked 110 by academics (four deans or faculty members per school) and 103 by a group of 2,000 lawyers, hiring partners and senior judges. Interim Law Dean Marcel Garsaud dismissed the low ranking by contesting the methodology that U.S. News and World Report used to rank the law schools, but he admited that the ranking could become "a self-fulfilling prophecy in some sense," because many prospective law school students take such evaluations seriously. "Law schools are faced with a dilemma with that kind of a survey. They are really not valid because they don't have anything to do with the quality of the law school; they are strictly based on objective numbers. But at the same time, people pay a lot of attention to them. So you have to take them seriously from that perspective." According to Garsaud, the school's reputation is lauded by those who know it best: the local community. "All of the major law firms and employers of lawyers are eager to recruit our students. So, we know otherswho know us better judge our quality and our qualifications," Garsaud said that the survey didn't take into account many of the school's strong points. "There is no recognition that we have a complete civil law program and a complete common law program.... There is nothing in the survey relative to the law school's commitment to social justice through its clinic and its Gillis Long Poverty Law Center, its poverty law journal." Garsaud also criticized the evaluation because it didn't take the bar exam into account. He called the bar "the only real outcome assessment tool we have in law school." Garsaud said that in the most recent bar exam results only one other Louisiana school did better than Loyola See FET, Pg. 4 See LAW, Pg. 5 See OKLAHOMA, Pg. 5 | jj Il| Image Vs. Reality ■if fl Gloria Steinem speaks on the way women are perceived in society. fNDJHMIfir The Sandlot Riverview field renovation will revamp [|7T Loyola athletics. fLife in Desjre Three generations call a Jy J local housing project